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What Sky buying ITV could mean for your favourite shows - Published One of the biggest takeovers in British media history is about to take place with the creation of a new British media company - albeit American owned. Sky is expected to buy ITV's TV and streaming channels with t

Prince Harry and Meghan: Will they or won't they, and will we care? - Published If coverage of the Royal Family can seem like a soap opera, it's never more so than when Prince Harry is in town. Brother against brother. A son seeking reconciliation with a father. Competitive siste

Moment of destiny for France's Le Pen in verdict to decide her future in presidential race - Published France is in a state of nervous excitement as it awaits Tuesday's court verdict that will determine whether nationalist frontrunner Marine Le Pen can stand in next year's presid

James doubtful for Mexico tie but Quansah fit again - Published Reece James missed England's final training session before their World Cup last-16 tie against Mexico but Jarell Quansah is available for selection again. Right-back James has missed England's past two matches after

Hodgkinson beaten into second by Odira in Eugene - Published Olympic 800m champion Keely Hodgkinson was beaten for the second consecutive Diamond League race as she finished behind Lilian Odira in Eugene. The Kenyan athlete, who is the reigning world champion over the distance, s

Funeral of Iran's former supreme leader 'intensely political moment' Vast crowds of Iranians loyal to the Islamic Republic have gathered in Tehran for the first day of funeral ceremonies for the country's former supreme leader. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in joint US-Israel

NHS app to use AI to determine which service best for patients - Published Artificial intelligence will be used on the NHS app to determine which service is most appropriate for patients in England, the health service has announced. A new triage tool will ask patients a series of

Unbeaten in 34 matches - why Morocco are World Cup contenders - Published Morocco are on another fairytale World Cup run - even if their latest win over Canada was less beauty and more beast. The north African side were not pretty in beating the 2026 co-hosts 3-0 in their round o

Two hundred and fifty years after the signing of the Declaration of Independence, a new commercial from Google asks: What if the Founding Fathers had access to Google Workspace? With the tagline “Group project, but make it 1776,” the ad depicts a largely unseen Thomas Jefferson m

Boks unleash big-game brutality on Borthwick's faltering England - Published A century or more ago, Englishmen travelled to South Africa hunting big game. Steve Borthwick's modern-day tourists came with the same aim. England were looking for a contest that gave a true measure of

Police leadership needs 'ethical reset', Lord Blunkett tells BBC - Published The police service in England and Wales is "not good enough" and its leadership needs an "ethical reset", Lord Blunkett has said. Speaking exclusively to the BBC ahead of the publication of a major repor

Why England won't fear Mexico or the Azteca - Shearer - Published I've heard a lot of talk about the difficult conditions England will face at the Azteca Stadium - but I don't think the players will be worried about any of that. Instead of having any fear about the different test

Ukraine hits major oil terminal in Russia's St Petersburg - Published A major oil terminal in Russia's north-western city of St Petersburg was struck overnight by Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky has said. The Ukrainian president described it as key "infrastructure that generates reve